arJ, Mormon Doctrine is arguably more influential among members in the US church, where our church remains largely racially segregated, de facto, in any case. But the church in Africa wouldn’t really even exist without OD2, the church in Latin America would be far more restrictive than it is, there’d be no church in the Caribbean at all, and — last but not least — we’d be about as viable in developed countries as, say, the Amish…

a random John

RT and GJ,

Ok, I can accept that logic, but I still think that even on the topics surrounding OD2 that many many members are more influenced by MD than by the declaration itself. I’m certainly not claiming that this is a good thing, just that iti is what I observe.